Characterization of novel microneme adhesive repeats (MAR) in Eimeria tenella

Abstract Background The phylum Apicomplexa comprises a wide variety of parasites of significant medical and economic relevance. These parasites have extremely different host and tissue tropisms; for example Toxoplasma gondii can invade virtually any nucleated cell and infect almost all warm-blooded...

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Main Authors: Virginia Marugan-Hernandez, Rebekah Fiddy, Jazmine Nurse-Francis, Oliver Smith, Laura Pritchard, Fiona M. Tomley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2454-4